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Scientific and personal counters to drug marketing hype

Fermicutes – Make You Fat? Nothing to Sneeze About

Fermicutes – Make You Fat?  Nothing to Sneeze About

Microbiome Expert Rob Knight says that firmicutes are more abundant in the guts of people who are obese. And in people with allergies.

Death by Calcium?

Death by Calcium?

The more osteoporosis a person has, the greater the risk of having calcium in the arteries. They have the calcium. It’s just going in all the wrong places because the body has lost the instructions about where to put it. It’s going to go into your arteries and your kidneys and your gall bladder and cause lots of trouble.

Diabetes Education – Good or Bad?

Diabetes Education – Good or Bad?

A 2008 Duke University has shown that standard diabetes education fails to reduce high blood sugar, high blood pressure,  obesity and heart attacks.  But what about non-standard education?  Listen – 30 Minutes

Attack of the Hormone Replacement Purveyors (Part 2)

A normal premenopausal women takes on the hormone replacement people . . .

Attack of the Hormone Replacement Purveyors (Part 1)

. . . if a woman FINALLY stops taking the hormones, due to a few minor concerns about things like that increased heart attack risk, and the increased risk of cancer, then the symptoms often roar back.

Diabetes – Too Much Medicine May Kill You

Diabetes – Too Much Medicine May Kill You

The surprise death rate has led some U.S. physicians to push an uncommon diet as a way to lower blood sugar.

Cholesterol Lowering DIET – Binx Selby – Balance Point Health

Cholesterol Lowering DIET – Binx Selby – Balance Point Health

It’s lowering cholesterol for many people by over 50 points, in just 2 weeks.

Cholesterol Medication Side Effects – Ron Rosedale MD

Cholesterol Medication Side Effects – Ron Rosedale MD

Why do cholesterol drug side effects happen? What if these symptoms turn into something deadly, such as Rhabdomyolysis?

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Loren Cordain – Leaky Gut, Whole Grains, Potatoes & Autism

By Shelley

Loren Cordain is a professor at Colorado State University.  He’s an expert on paleolithic lifestyles.  His most recent book is the Paleo Answer.  We... »

Wheat Belly – William Davis MD

By Shelley

"Lose the wheat, lose the weight, and find your path back to health." - William Davis, medical director of Trackyourplaque.com »